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A Letter Concerning Toleration is a completed public argument that also excludes Catholics and atheists

Dated 1 January 1689: A Letter Concerning Toleration is a completed public argument that also excludes Catholics and atheists. In the causal graph this event strengthens Protection of Minority Rights, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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Twin of Catholic/atheist limits: this stores printed toleration-as-access. John Locke did not operate this later page as a civil-registry autograph.

Context

Shared institutions, unnamed crews, and later editors remain in the record and do not erase a documented heading.

John Locke Shared work with other named actors remains in the record.

John Locke’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Conventional 1632–1704.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • John Locke

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.36 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactA Letter Concerning Toleration is a completed public argument that also excludes Catholics and atheists
    2. strengthensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 1 January 1689 · verified

    Twin of Catholic/atheist limits: this stores printed toleration-as-access.

    • Having a say in government

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

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Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Locke on TolerationStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.A Letter Concerning Toleration — public EnglishProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Driver protection-of-minority-rights is attached because the Significance sentence names a mechanism from A Letter Concerning Toleration is a completed public argument that also excludes Catholics and atheists at 1689-01-01, not because a standing driver list needed coverage. Official page: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23772 (opens in a new tab). Independent page: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke-toleration/ (opens in a new tab).

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorJohn Locke
  2. contributed toFactA Letter Concerning Toleration is a completed public argument that also excludes Catholics and atheists
  3. strengthensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). A Letter Concerning Toleration is a completed public argument that also excludes Catholics and atheists. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/jlk-letter-toleration

https://factrail.ai/facts/jlk-letter-toleration

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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